The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-21
das was Il, 656.a1. 1 recommend she usual ap-
preparation OF - 900 per year


lature that all OF the account known as the wal
tax levied against the State of Wisconsin,
amounting to s51a6SS.67, has been paid. and
Inat The United State owes, upon the settle.
ment, TO the State of Wisconsin IS, 4g9. 4S, and
some Of the old claims are still pending upon
which it il hoped to receive additional aliev-
ances. When ! assumed the duties of ExecH-
tive there was Ss0f:6 S5 is standing agsfinst the
State. This AMOUNT has been. paid BIZ credits
WHICH wers allowed the State Hp6H the re-
adjustment Of our claims against the general
government for war purposes, for swamp land
loemInlty, and for i've per centum OF the sales
OF public lands prior to June 80, 1882.
>, The whole amount of the war tax, in my
Judgement should b5 refunded to the several
States. measure is now pending before Con-
gress to reimburse the several States by repay
ing such as have paid and crediting such as
have not paid If this should pass, Wisconsin
will receive S5196SS.67, out of which the school
and swamp-land funds could be reimbursed for
the amounts diverted from these funds and the
balance paid into the general fund. would rec
omnlend that the Legislature memorabilia
Congress to pass this measure:
/ have also collected the FIVE Per centun on
the sales 81 pBblle iahds for 1888, amounting to
S2a20el2tj and on account of swamp-land in
demnity S36S.90, all ofwhich has been paid into
the state treasury. expect I'd be able to COL
lect from these sources for the years 1884, 1885
and 1886 100000 more.
CHARITABLE AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS.
The report of the State Board of Supervision
regarding the management of the State instiJu-
tlons under its care. The total amount ex-
pended by the board during the biennial term
ending September 90 1886, was S735, O0S. 3d. OF
the amount appropriated two years ago for the
malntenance and support of the six charitable
and penal institutions; $4,000 las Been uneX-
penaed' and will be retifned into the treasury;
During the two years ending last September, the
total number, OF persons cared for in all the
State Institutions was 4,076 against 1921 for
the PREVIOUS bienfiia1e TERM. Although there
has been an increase Of 355 in the number Of
persons cared for, the current expenses for the
biennial term ending September 30, 1886, were
Sl2, 1881 less than for the corresponding term
ending September 30; 1894. While there has
been an average decrease in the per capita cost
of managing the Institutions the weekly aver
age for 1886 being So 49, the lowest ever reached,
there has been no curtailment but rather an
enlargement of the amount of necessary sup
plies furnished.
The State Hospital for the Insane, for 1885,
cost S94547, and for 1885, S94, $685. the weekly per
capita cost falling off from 1888 in 1885 to So
IN 1885. The appropriation asked for by the
board for the next two years is 4,05470 over
and above S41,S72 per year. which will be re-
ceived from the countless and the estimated
surplus of $50, 0l0 from the last appropriation.
The Northern Hospital for the 4nsaae cost for
its mainbenaa3ce in 1856 S121 5a6:59 aid for 1885,
Sl06l502S5l decreasing the weekly per capita
cost from 49, in 1885 to S. % in 1886 The Board
of Supervision estimates that the appropriation
needed for this institution for 1887 and 1888 will
pc Sl30,2sS, besides the estimated surplus of
$4,000 from the appropriation two years ago.
and $4,000, which will be received each year
from the counties.
The School for the Deaf has a surplus of S., 600
from the last appropriation. and the board esti-
mates that $4,000 will be REQUIRED to support
the school for the coming two years. ehe ex-
penses for 1885 were S37 $500 and for 1885, $780,
043,07. The population has decreased from 2O5
In 1885 to 1875 in 1886, the Increase in cost being
ohafgeable to extra Improvements about the
buildings by renewals and BY making the corps
OF teachers stronger than ever, for the purpose
Of meeting the demand for more thorough in
structioh in the oral department.
The School for the Blind cost the State S19,-
49, 80 in 1885, and S17 4S4 sc in 1885, The average
attendance in 1885 was g. and in 1886 it had in
creased to only S. The weekly cost per capita
fell off from S. 03 in 1885 to $500 in 1885 1t will
be seen that the per capita cost is much greater
than in any other of the charitable institutions,
owing to the fact that the attendance is usually
small, and also because the care and instruc-
ton OF the blind are more expensive than for
any other class of pupils. The board asks fol
an appropriation of s4,250 fer the biennial
term, which viii enable 1t to make such needed
repairs as are necessary to keep the buildings
iii good condition.
The Industrial School for Boys incurred an
expense of S45,61327 for 1885, and S41, 1914 for
1885, the weekly per capita cost falling off from
$500 in 1885, to $3.50 for last year. The annual
cost OF the shops, for material and labor, is est
mated at S45, 600. but the sales therefrom will
annually meet this expenditure, so that the
total appropriation recommended by the board,
for current expenses for the next two years. is
S74,4I3, in addition to $4,000, which will be re-
celVed from counties.
The State Prison had 443 inmates in 1885, and
1855 in 1885, The total expense of the prison for
1885 was S54,944.03. and for 1885, S6S, 1634O; the
increase being caused by substantial improve
mehts and the establishment of d hospital.
The receipts from convict labor We're $40 3S6. 81
in 1885, and $50 50T A. in 1885, so that the net cost
of the prison to the State, for the past two
years; was only ST., 213.39
The contract for the labor of the convicts of
the State Prison, under the system adopted
some years ago, will expire with the year 1887
Under this contract the State furnishes the la
Dor Of the convictS by the hour, and retains the
management and feeding of the prisoners
Should the Legislature determine to abolish
the system now in use, some method should be
provided for the employment Of the inmates
1t Would be disastrous to the prisoners, as well
as the State, to undertake to maintain them
in idleness. They should work. They
should assist certainly in paying the expenses
of their keeping AS a refCrmatory measure
also, they should be employed zach should
produce according to bis ability, and receive
according to his needs" AS near as practicable
they should be so employed that their labor or
products would not come into competition with
free labor.
The cost of maintaining the prison during the
continuance of the present contract for the
labor will be about $60,500, of which $4,000 will
be received from convict labor, making the ap.
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Within the next two years the prison will be
filled to its utmost capacity, and it would be
wisdom on the part of your honorable body to
take this question under consideration. and il
it shall be thought best to establish another
prison, to consider the suggestion of the prison
warden and. the recommendation of the board
that the new prison be set apart for the Younger
convicts committed for the first ofense, with the
hope that such prison would present the best
conditions for reformatory work, as the mixing
OF criminals OF all ages and degrees of crime is
not calculated to work reform among those who
most need the wholesome influence Of purely
reformatory institution.
The state Public School for Dependent and
Neglected Children was established by author
ity of Chapter 377, Laws of 1885, and was located
at Sparta. Three buildings were erected under
the direction of the State Board of Supervi-
sion, and so far the location and improvements
have cost S29,367. The board reports that the
indications are that within few months the
school buildings will be filled to their utmost
capacity.
COUNTY AsYLUMs.
There are now organized, under the county
system, fifteen county asylums, and these seem
to be doing good work in o satisfactory man.
ner. The danger of this system is the liability
that an anxiety on the part of local managers
and superintendent to make an economical
showing to their counties will cause these in
situations to revert to pauper system. This
danger is now obviated by the rigid State SUI
pervison maintained by the State Board OF
Charities and Reforms. The power of this
board is made potent over the several institu-
lions, by requiring them to have the approval
of the board as to the sufficiency OF
their buildings and the methods of their
management, before they are entitled to the
State aid of $3.50 Per capita per week. The
county asylums now completed have capacity
for the of 1,220 chronic insane, being suffi-
Gent to relieve the overcrowded condition of
the State hospitals, and provide for the care of
the few insane remaining in jails and poor
houses. The total cost for current expenses in
these aSylumS has been, for the past year, 81 II
per capita per week, being a cost to the coun-
ties of but p cents per capita per week above
the State appropriation.
The Milwaukee County Asylum, which re-
ceives both acute and chronic insane, has an
unconditional State appropriation of S275 per
capita per week.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The State Board of Health have found the
State free from any dangerous epideIpics or
widespread contagious, and have observed a
Asiat:c cholera, which, it was feared would
reach our midst, and against which the Legis-
lature, at its last session. so generously guard ed
by providing contingent appropriation, has
fortunately not appeared upon this continent.
The board. however, do not consider the posi-
bility of all danger as passed, and have asked
that the contingent appropriation be continued
another term.
IMMIGRATION
The disbursements of the State Board of I'm
migration, for the year 1885, were s. 138. g. and
for 1886 were s., 62S.19. The labors of the board
have been confined principally to aiding and ad-
vising immigrants arriving; and furnishing in
formation to those intending to immlgrate The
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